Privilege escalation in OfficeScan - CVE-2017-14088
Published: October 11, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8808
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14088
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the handling of IOCTL 0x220008 and 0x22006C within tmwfp.sys. A local attacker can escalate privileges to resources normally reserved for the kernel.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the handling of IOCTL 0x220008 and 0x22006C within tmwfp.sys. A local attacker can escalate privileges to resources normally reserved for the kernel.
Affected software
OfficeScan
How to mitigate CVE-2017-14088
Install updated versions from vendor's website.